It’s January 1, 2016. I wake the same as most days. My morning routine is my comfort zone. I take a kettle from the stove and hold it under the faucet, counting to ten as the water fills the kettle to just the right amount to make a pot of coffee. While I wait for […]
Guest Post by Deanna Fry, Circle Member & Mentor ~ Marjorie Ursula Emma Beaver (Cedar Woman) & Deanna Fry (Blue Cedar Woman) I have loved trees and being in the forest for as long as I know. They are part of my earliest and most poignant family memories. I remember walking beside my little brother’s stroller,
Guest Post by Karin Vanhinsberg, Retreat Attendee/Mentor & Circle Member One of my Muses, David Whyte, seems deeply fascinated and attuned to life and our relationship to everything as journeys of endless arrivals and departures… Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone. As if life were a progressive and
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Guest Post by Tanya M, Retreat Attendee & Circle Member This summer, I had the privilege of taking a long drive across our expansive, beautiful country with my beloved dog. I brought my large cowhide drum with me, the one that I had purchased after my first visit to Northern Edge in 2015 and brought
Fresh off of Peterborough Yoga & Wellness Centre’s third retreat at the Edge, here’s what yoga facilitator Monica Holland had to say: “I have hosted a yoga retreat at Northern Edge for 3 years in a row now. This place is purely magical and the guests absolutely agree. The layout of the center is perfect
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Guest Post by Arlene Clark I’d like to invite you to take a moment to soften your eyes and connect deep into your heart. Imagine looking at the ground and spotting a flower just beginning to sprout forth. Feel it’s roots deep under the earth, offering stability & grounding for the delicate plant that’s emerging.
On November 13, 2015 I decided to unplug from news media. This is the story of how I came to make such a decision, how it has lasted more than three and a half years (to date) and how it has transformed my way of thinking and being. How did I prepare for disconnecting: November
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Guest Post by Karin Vanhinsberg, Retreat Attendee/Mentor & Circle Member I still have this clear vignette of a moment 20 years ago during one of my work days as a nurse at a bustling city hospital emergency department. One of the doctors is telling me why her bright red lipstick is always looking more worn
Guest Post by Maria Kornacki, Circle Member I know a young lassie. Her name is Hoppy. But when she tells people her name, they seem to hear “Happy”. “Oh! Happy,” they exclaim. “What a nice name.” This happens over and over. Hoppy is frustrated. “No, not Happy. Hoppy! Why does everyone call me Happy?” Well,
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“To be able to slow down and feel Mama Natures embrace, thats life changing. And that a really beautiful thing to witness in your participants.” Photo by Shannon MacLaggan, from her August 2017 retreat at Northern Edge Algonquin. Last summer, fresh off the heels of hosting a wonderful retreat with Shannon & Pete of Anupaya
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